
Freddy Koch
Green Cities Global Advisor
Swisscontact
About me
Freddy Koch has 20 years of specific experience in air quality, improvement of urban
mobility and solid waste management.
Manager for 13 years of the Swiss Cooperation's Clean Air Project in Bolivia. In Urban
Mobility, he was manager of 8 Municipal Sustainable Mobility Plans and the support
and coordination of 2 more, financed by the World Bank and the Inter-American
Development Bank. In the field of public transport systems, supported the
implementation of the Cable Car System in the city of La Paz (Mi Teleférico) and the
municipal transport systems: La Paz Bus- Puma Katari and Wayna Bus-El Alto, as well
as multiple projects to improve urban mobility in cities. He was leader of the technical
team that prepared the proposal for a technical and economic feasibility study, which
allows estimating the macroeconomic impacts of the introduction of electric mobility in
public transport in Bolivia (GIZ) and the quantification of CO2 emissions in transport in
Bolivia and its potential for emissions reduction by the introduction of electromobility.
Regional Coordinator of CALAC+ Project in the improvement of Clean Buses in 4 Latin
American cities (Bogotá, Lima, Mexico City and Santiago de Chile) (SDC)
Talking about his experience in Solid Waste Management, Freddy Koch has been Head
of the Zero Waste Project for La Paz Bolivia financed by the Swedish cooperation
(SIDA). As Head of the Project in La Paz Bolivia, he technically assisted the
consolidation of an integrated solid waste management model for the city, the
improvement of the differentiated collection system for recyclable and organic waste
and the implementation of the municipal composting plant. He also has supported the
waste to energy project of the City, visiting with the authorities many examples of other
Countries.
He worked as senior advisor on urban mobility and electric mobility for the Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme (PEERR II) of the GIZ (50%). Actually, he is
advisor and thematic leader of Swisscontact at regional and global level in the area of
green cities.
Type
Contributors
Is speaking at
Breakout 1F: Green jobs and the just transition: applying a systems lens
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM
Frangipani
Mike Klassen · DCED Secretariat
Steve Hartrich · ILO
Mahlet Seifu Woldeabraham · Mercy Corps
Freddy Koch · Swisscontact
Pavlos Troulis · Swisscontact